Combination finger ring and ornamental pin



Nov. 6, 1934. MERTEN 1,979,702

COMBINATION FINGER RING AND ORNAMENTAL PIN Filed June 29, 1933 It,mwampm ORNEY Fatented Nov. 6, I934 "UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICECOMBINATION FINGER RING AND ORNAMENTAL PIN means for securing the pin ona garment or the like. The invention is especially directed to such acombination whereby the owner may selectively wear the ornamental pin asa setting for his ring, or wear the pin on his garment and the ring onhis finger with the setting thereof exposed.

Another object is to provide such a combination finger ring andornamental pin embodying novel and improved features of construction for'20 separably attaching the pin to the finger ring,

whereby the pin can be easily and quickly attached to and removed fromthe finger ring, and

the fastening means shall not interfere with or materially affect theappearance of the ring setting.

Other objects are to provide a novel and improved combination of piercedor perforated pin and finger ring setting whereby the setting shall forma background for the pierced pin; to provide novel and improved meansfor attaching the ornamental pin to a garment; to provide a novel andimproved combination of such attaching means with the pin whereby theattaching means shall be wholly enclosed within the pin and shall notinterfere with the attachment or removal of the pin to or from thefinger ring; and to obtain other advantages and results as will bebrought out by the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawing in which corresponding and likeparts are designated by the same reference characters throughout theseveral views,

Figure 1 is a side elevation partially in section of a combined fingerring and ornamental pin embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view thereof with portions of the pin brokenaway.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view of the pin detached fromthe ring.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of the pin attached to a garment which isshown fragmentarily.

Figure 5 is a vertical sectional view on the line 55 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing a modification of theinvention.

Figure '7 is a horizontal sectional view on the line 7--7 of Figure 6.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan view of the ornamental pin shown in Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a side elevation of the it attached to a garment.

Figure 10 is a top plan view of another form of the invention, withportions of the ornamental pin broken away.

Figure 11 is a transverse vertical sectional view on the line 1111 ofFigure 10.

Figure 12 is a horizontal sectional View on the line 12-l2 of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a bottom plan view of the ornamental pin shown in Figure11.

Figure 14 is a bottom plan viewof the body of an ornamental pinembodying modified means for attaching the fastener to the pin.

Figure 15 is a'bottom plan view of the complete pin with the fastenermeans secured thereto, and

Figure 16 is a transverse sectional view on the line 16-16 of Figure 15.

Specifically describing the embodiment of the invention illustrated inFigures 1 to 5 inclusive, the reference character A designates a fingerring having a shank 1 and a setting 2 which is shown in the form of asignet. An ornamental pin B separably cooperates with the finger ringand includes a body 3 having a suitably ornamented top 4 and a concavebottom 5 surrounded by a perimetral flange 6. The flange 6 of the pin isof a size to surround the setting 2, and the pin is secured to the ringby screws 7 which pass through the setting 2 into suitable lugs 8 on thepin having screw threaded openings to receive the screws. With thisconstruction the pin B may be secured to the ring by screws 2 andremoved from the ring when desired by removal of the screws. When thepin is removed from the ring, the setting 2 is exposed, and the pin maybe worn on a garment or the like. For attaching the pin to a garment Ihave shown attaching means comprising two arcuate oppositely disposedprongs 10 the free ends of which face'in opposite directions. Theypreferably are formed of. a single piece of wire and are disposed withinthe cavity 5 at the bottom of the pin and in a plane approximatelyparallel to the bottom side of the pin. These prongs are preferablysomewhat resilient and are normally inwardly of the plane of the edge ofperimetral flange 6. The prongs 10 are shown as connected to the settingby a pair of eyes 11 which are soldered to the body of the setting, andthe prongs are held rigid by drops of solder at the pin showing D. Thepin D is attached to the finger ring by the screw 14, and the pin may beattached to a garment by forcing the screw through the garment or anopening therein from one side of the garment and threading the screwinto the pin at the other side of the garment as shown in Figure 9.

A further modification of the invention is shown in Figures 10 to 13inclusive, where the setting of the ring comprises a stone 15 secured ina bezel 16. In this form of the invention, the ornamental pin is shownas pierced at 17 to form an ornamental design so that when the pin issuperposed on the ring setting, the stone 15 will be visible through theopenings in the pin E. This produces a highly ornamental effect, thesetting 15 of the ring serving as a background for the For separablyattaching the pin E to the ring setting, I have shown the inner walls ofthe setting adjacent the perimetral flange 18 as provided with opposedrecesses 19 which cooperate with catches 20 mounted on the ends of aU-shaped spring 21 which normally forces the catches, outwardly throughslots 22 in the sides of the bezel 16. With this construction, the pin Emay be attached to the setting by simply slipping it over the bezel 16as shown in Figure 11 until the catches 22 snap into the recesses 19,whereupon the pin is secured on the setting. For removing the pin fromthe setting, one or both of the catches may be removed from the recesses19 by pressing the corresponding end of the spring 21 inwardly. Toprovide free access to the spring 21 and the catches 22, the ring has anopening 23 beneath the stone 15 in which the spring is arranged andthrough which it is accessible.

The pin E may be attached to a garment by the same attaching means asshown in Figure 3 including the prongs 10.

A further modification is shown in Figures 14 to 16 wherein anothermeans for securing the attaching means or prongs to the pin isillustrated. This means includes perforated lugs 24 which are shown as,but are not necessarily, formed integrally with the body and projectinwardly from a perimetral flange 25 of the body 26 of the pin in acommon plane with the edge of said flange. Thereafter, the perforatedlugs 24 are twisted through an angle of 90 as shown in Figure 15, sothat the axes of the openings in the lugs are parallel to the plane ofthe pin and to each other. The arcuate prongs 2'7 corresponding to theprongs 10 are oppositely disposed and concentric, and are connected atadjacent ends by a diametral part 28, so that the attaching means isapproximately S-shaped with the prongs 2'7 facing in oppositedirections. The attaching prongs 2'7, are threaded through theperforations of the lugs 24 by simple rotative sliding of the prongs intheir own plane, with one prong in alinement with the perforation ineach lug 24. Then, a drop of solder is applied to the point ofengagement of each lug and the prong 27 for rigidly securing the prongsto the lugs.

An important advantage of my invention is that a complete ring is alwaysavailable for wear; for one occasion the ring may be worn with the pinas a setting, and for other occasions the pin can be removed from thering and the ring can be worn with its own setting exposed, while thepin may or may not be attached to a garment as desired.

While I have shown the invention as embodied in certain details ofconstruction it should be understood that this is primarily for thepurpose of illustrating the principles of the invention and that manymodifications and changes may be made in the details of constructionwithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described my invention what I claim is:

1. An article of jewelry, comprising a finger ring having a setting, andan ornamental pin separablysecured on said ring in superposed relationto said setting and having a cavity in its bottom, said pin havingmeanssecured and normally disposed wholly within said cavity for attachingthe pin to a garment, whereby said pin can be secured on or removed fromsaid setting without interference by said attaching means.

2. An article of jewelry comprising a finger ring having a setting, anornamental pin on said ring in superposed relation to and covering saidsetting, said pin having a cavity in its bottom surrounded by aperimetral flange to enclose said setting, and means secured in saidcavity inwardly of the plane of said perimetral flange for attachingsaid pin to a garment, whereby said means shall be concealed within saidcavity between said setting and said pin.

3. An ornamental pin comprising a body having means at one side forattaching said body to a garment, said means including a pair ofoppositely disposed arcuate prongs in a plane approximately parallel tosaid side of said body and having their free ends facing in oppositedirections, whereby upon simultaneous rotation of said body and pressurethereof against a garment said prongs will penetrate the garment tosecure the body thereon.

4. The ornamental pin set forth in claim 3 wherein said prongs areintegral and formed of a single length of wire.

5. An ornamental pin comprising a body having a pair of lugs at one sidethereof each with an opening having its axis approximately parallel tothat of the other opening and parallel to said side of the body, andattaching means for securing said body on a garment including a pair ofoppositely disposed concentric arcuate prongs disposed in approximatelya common plane and connected together at adjacent ends with their freeends facing in opposite directions and each threaded through and securedin one of said openings, whereby upon simultaneous rotation of said bodyand pressure thereof against a garment said prongs will penetrate thegarment to secure said body thereon.

PAUL MERTENS.

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